Still about 150 without power in Easton

Wednesday

Nov 1, 2017 at 12:25 PMNov 1, 2017 at 12:26 PM

Donna Whitehead dwhitehead@wickedlocal.com

About 2,250 customers in Easton lost power Monday, Oct. 30 including some town buildings and wells and by Wednesday, Nov. 1, only about 150 were still without power and they expected to be restored by day’s end, according to Deputy Fire Chief Tim Griffin.

A powerful storm swept through the Brockton area Sunday evening and early Monday morning, knocking out power and bringing down trees.

More than 300,000 National Grid customers were without power in Massachusetts as of Monday morning. More than 23,800 customers in Plymouth County were without power as of noon, including more than 3,540 customers in Bridgewater, 4,120 customers in Brockton and nearly 2,000 customers in East Bridgewater, according to the National Grid website. In Brockton, the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said Good Samaritan Medical Center was running on generator power.

Tuesday night, Oct. 31, Easton opened the Richardson Olmsted Elementary School as a shelter for those without power in light of the expected low temperatures that night, Fire Chief Kevin Partridge said. By 8 p.m. last night, about 685 in Easton still had no electricity.

The shelter was organized by Pam Berglund of the Fire Department and staffed with volunteers from the Community Emergency Response Team program, Griffin said.

The school, located at Lothrop Street, opened as a shelter at 7 p.m. It was planned to stay open all night, but closed by midnight when no one came.

Griffin said it was still a valuable practice for CERT getting the shelter up and ready to receive residents.

The storm brought a tree down on a house and another tree struck a car.

In Easton, the Department of Public Works crews had been working since 11:30 p.m. Sunday to address storm-related tree and flooding issues, according to the town’s Facebook page.

“Cleanup may take several days. We have logged 46 tree issues so far with more coming in,” the post stated.

If residents see a downed wire, they area asked to call Easton Police Dispatch at (508) 230-3322.